White Horse

Student information card of Kise Williams, a member of the Cheyenne Nation, who entered the school on February 3, 1881 and departed on May 6, 1886.

In school documentation Kise Williams is also known as Short Nose.

Student information card of Cyrus White Horse, a member of the Arapaho Nation, who entered the school on March 11, 1881 and departed on June 17, 1884.

Student file of Moses Carson, a member of the Assinibione Nation, who entered the school on June 19, 1891, and departed on June 27, 1900.  The file contains a student information card and a report after leaving that indicates that, in 1910, he was serving as a day laborer in Poplar, Montana.

E. Ballan writes to add additional students to the party to be sent to Carlisle. He writes that an interpreter would like to send his son along with another from the Shoshone Nation and had previously received permission from the Indian Agent. In addition, one father will only send his daughter if her brother accompanies her to Carlisle.

James Patten, a former U.S. Indian Agent, records the Arapaho Council of Chiefs meeting on the occasion of them sending their children to the Carlisle School. Chief Sharp Nose noted that he looked forward to be granted permission to visit his son at Carlisle a sentiment echoed by Chief Little Wolf. White Horse also indicated that he did not…

Charles Hatton, U.S. Indian Agent for the Northern Arapaho Agency, seeks authority to bring five Northern Arapaho Chiefs to Carlisle and Washington D.C. to visit their children. The Chiefs were promised when they sent their children that they would be allowed to visit and are seeking to have this promised fulfilled.